New Stadium needs to go up overnight

Seems like Gwinnett is disparate to build something... anything! We just found out about the stadium, now there's a race to get it done.

Gwinnett County officials, under a tight deadline to build the new stadium for the top minor-league affiliate of the Atlanta Braves, hope to begin work next month. But the county has yet to submit applications for a regulatory review required by state law, a process that often takes a month or more....unlike the Arena at Gwinnett Center, which was built without a deadline, it will take a breakneck construction pace to make it happen,

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Route 120 construction progressing nicely

The construction going on between Riverside Hwy and Sugarloaf is progressing steadily. the finished one side of the street and are now working on the other and I am so glad I don't have to drive over loose gravel to turn into my subdivision anymore... but the people on the other side of the street do.

Gwinnett Place Mall High Rise Plan is canned

Reluctant financiers unwilling to hand over money to build the first $50 million tower killed the deal, said Walter Rekuc, vice president of Eastern Development.

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I can't blame them in this soft housing market.

What troubles me is that Developer Kelly Hong plans to focus on Commercial aspects. Don't we have enough empty commercial spaces around here... what are they trying to build???? a Ghost town?

Navigating the new 316

Confusing isn't it.

(image from www.dot.state.ga.us)

So after what feels like a couple of years construction and aggravation, the new 316 overpass has been complete.

The problem before was that if you took 316 to I-85 and had to get off at the first exit (pleasant hill), you risked either having an accident or missing your exit due to not enough time to cross the four lanes (not to mention testy drivers who would not you over).

So now there's this overpass that takes you from 316 directly to pleasant hill, with an exit that will allow you to get onto 1-85 if you need to.

For someone who had spent 5 years getting the hang of the old exit it can be really confusing as the exit from 85 (for people who were already on it) is now a mile earlier, and if you are getting on I-85 at 120 (near Satellite) you are stuck on a service road for 2 miles if you are going further south.

Still, the new highway is pretty.

Drive safe.

Be very careful on Route 120

Be very careful on route 120 between Riverside and Sugarloaf. The construction is causing quite a bit of confusion especially at night when the people directing traffic have gone home. The big orange barrells don't help much either. I just turned down Lebanon (one of the side streets) to find I was on the wrong side of the street for about 500 feet with no way of correcting the error.

Gwinnett Medical Center on 120 in Lawrenceville has expanded

Did you know the Gwinnett Medical Center on 120 in Lawrenceville has expanded?

Local Parks under construction have little drought impact

Many of the parks in and around Gwinnett are in the midst of major construction. Amazingly this construction has little to no effect on the drought due to clever irrigation, or lack of it alltogether. In Lawrenceville a nature trail is being built to the tune of $750,000. They are using native flowers that can exist solely on rainwater. (this unnamed trail is still in the design phase). Other park projects are found here.